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Cognition post stroke
by chapo, Oct 19, 2005 12:00AM
My father is 77 and had a stroke 5 years ago initiated by an acute occlusion of his left Int. carotid. He has periventricular changes in the white matter of both hemisphears.
In his time at home since the stroke he has become heavily reliant on the tv. I have tried board games, croswords, reading etc. but he wont take to these. I think his mental ability, holding conversation and so on is getting worse. Is it most likely to be worsening vascular changes although he is on Simvastatin, or lack of mental stimulation. I can't think of anything more mind numbing than daytime tv. Can you suggest anything to compete with the tv.
In his time at home since the stroke he has become heavily reliant on the tv. I have tried board games, croswords, reading etc. but he wont take to these. I think his mental ability, holding conversation and so on is getting worse. Is it most likely to be worsening vascular changes although he is on Simvastatin, or lack of mental stimulation. I can't think of anything more mind numbing than daytime tv. Can you suggest anything to compete with the tv.
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